11:47 PM,
Aug. 19, 2013

Written by

John Fay
| The Cincinnati Enquirer

ESPN.com and Yahoo! Sports reported that Ryan Braun reached out to Joey Votto and other stars before the 2012 season while Braun was dealing with his appeal of his suspension for failing a drug test.

Yahoo's Jeff Passan reported that a source told him Braun was looking for support in his appeal against a positive drug test. The report said Braun told stars around baseball, including Votto, that Dino Laurenzi Jr., the man who collected Braun's urine sample, was anti-Semitic and a Chicago Cubs fan.